Role-playing game
This genre originated from tabletop role-playing games. The user controls a hero or a group that must interact with non-player characters and fight against enemies. They all have various parameters, numerical characteristics, and specific abilities. The gameplay of role-playing games can be turn-based or in real-time. Role-playing games are divided into two types: some are focused solely on combat and provide the player with a wide range of combat skills and weaponry, while others offer greater freedom and allow players to complete certain quests without engaging in battle, using skills such as persuasion, stealth, etc. The second type of role-playing games features a deep world, an interesting storyline, and a large number of side quests.
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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2018 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 20 April 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
God of War is a continuation of Kratos's adventures in the slasher genre from a third-person perspective. The events unfold in the snowy mountainous region of...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 13 February 2018
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a medieval role-playing action game set in a fully open world from a first-person perspective. You will take on the role of a...
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 5 October 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 15 August 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true manager of a medieval cemetery. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each...
Role-playing game, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 November 2018
Players:
4.3/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
51/100
A new game in the Fallout universe is a prequel to all parts of the series without exception. The events begin with Vault 76, the first among those built. It is...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux → 26 February 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
98/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and the visual style of 90s arcade games. After...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 25 March 2013
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A dynamic online third-person action game where the warrior's journey takes place through an expansive interplanetary system torn by faction conflicts. Under the...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 9 November 2018
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
84/100
An exciting adventure with role-playing elements, based on the card strategy Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. The events of the game unfold in the universe of "The...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux → 15 September 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
92/100
An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 3 June 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Multiplayer role-playing action with a pirate theme. Thanks to the extensive possibilities of the multiplayer mode, you and other players can manage a large pirate...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux → 27 September 2016
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2014
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
Game released: PC → 6 December 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Kenshi is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with elements of management strategy and survival. You have to explore a large open world where you can trade, steal...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Turn-based
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iPad, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Special edition of a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting for modern consoles. The game is fully adapted for gamepad control and...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Stadia, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 12 July 2018
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A Japanese-style RPG that invites you to set off on a journey with one of eight heroes. Each character has unique abilities and their own storyline, revealing...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
88/100
The definitive edition of the third-person action game includes the base game and all paid and free expansions. Talion returns as the protagonist and confronts...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 31 March 2016
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Fighting, Slasher, Free game
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 26 December 2019
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
74/100
Honkai Impact 3rd is a free-to-play action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in the Japanese style. In the game you have to assemble a team of Valkyries and...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is a sequel to the classic isometric RPG with real-time combat. Eothas, the god of light and rebirth, was thought to be dead, but he...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 29 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...
Game released: PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 March 2017
Players:
9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Salt and Sanctuary is a fantasy platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a sailor who is shipwrecked off the shore of an unknown...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2014
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
84/100
South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing adventure based on the animated series South Park. In the game you will take control of a new character, which you...